King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 535 Couple
Unlike what Zhang Pingan and others thought, Zhu Jinghong was actually not too angry at the moment.

A small Jia Huan is just an ant that can be easily crushed to death. Of course Zhu Jinghong will not take it seriously.

What he was wondering now was why the Jia family suddenly got married to the Lin family, and whether there was something behind it.

At this moment, he thought of the worst outcome.

Could it be the old man causing trouble? Do you want to completely cut off your thoughts about me?

Sometimes the facts are so absurd. Although Zhu Jinghong was just guessing, he still grasped the most crucial point.

The emperor was not involved when the incident began, but now he does have such thoughts, and is also thinking of helping the prince to persuade the queen to issue the decree.

But in Zhu Jinghong's view, regardless of whether it was the old man's intention or not, he had to mess up the matter first.

Soon, under the guidance of Zhang Pingan, Deng An was brought into Yin'an Hall.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Deng An noticed something was wrong, because the eunuchs on duty had serious expressions, and it was obvious that something big had happened.

Even if the old man is really pushing for this matter, he must not give in. After all, this is too much bullying.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Jinghong said: "The worst case scenario is that the old man is causing trouble. Even so... I have to argue with him this time!"

Seeing that he still didn't answer, Baochai entered the Nuan Pavilion and sat down at the guest seat beside him.

As soon as these words came out, Deng An didn't dare to stay longer. He had no choice but to go in. Zhang Pingan followed him with a smile on his face.

After Baochai had finished speaking, Zhu Jinghong could only speak and tell what he knew about the situation.

Let's say that when Deng An entered the palace, he saw Zhu Jinghong cleaning his knife.

After another warning, Deng An and Zhang Pingan left Yin'an Hall.

"Is it... really worth it?" Baochai asked solemnly.

Deng An really had a bright idea. At this moment, he thought that every time the two dragons fought, a group of officials would be dismissed or even exiled, including officials like Lin Ruhai.

"Zhang Pingan, tell me what's going on!" Zhu Jinghong said coldly.

Knowing that his arrangement was a bit outrageous, Zhu Jinghong spoke again: "You can go ahead and do it. If anything happens, I will take care of it!"

"Only I...can take on his world!"

Thinking of this, Deng An stopped and was about to ask the eunuch on duty at the door, but Zhang Ping'an raised his voice and said: "I say Eunuch Deng, please stop dawdling, the prince is still waiting for you!"

The next moment, Baochai's voice came: "I heard you were angry!"

If this matter involves a fight between the Crown Prince and Prince Rui, let alone a little eunuch like me, I am afraid that a noble official like Lin Ruhai will be just a pawn at the mercy of others...

Compared to just now, Zhu Jinghong was calmer at this time, and then he said: "You arrange for people to figure things out, and at the same time, mess up this matter!"

Deng An's inner complaints were definitely not belittling.

Next, Zhang Pingan explained the situation again, and Deng An easily grasped the stakes.

On weekdays, he is indeed a dignified General Manager Deng outside, but in front of people like the prince, he is just a slave who can be crushed to death by just blowing his breath.

In fact, before coming, Deng An asked Zhang Pingan, but the latter just casually said that it was the prince who summoned him, and his expression and tone were relaxed and leisurely, which made Deng An think that nothing happened.

These words were treacherous, but Baochai didn't change his expression. After thinking about it, he said: "If you act like this... I'm afraid it will be counterproductive!"

Behind the Rongguo Mansion is the prince. Lin Ruhai is now in the emperor's important position. If he wants to mess up the in-laws of these two families, am I worthy of a shitty eunuch?

"They say that if you marry a chicken, you will follow the dog, if you marry a dog, you will follow the dog. If you are in trouble, I will not be spared. Even if you die... you should let me be a wise man!"

Walking in front of Baochai, Zhu Jinghong lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "I have to let the old man know that his son is a resolute and determined man who will not change his will despite being attacked by a thousand swords. He is a tough guy!"

If Deng An is prepared, he will find a way to push back on this kind of thing. In the end, the blame will fall on Zhang Pingan, who of course has to guard against this.

At this time, the importance of personality was reflected. Zhu Jinghong said that if you take the responsibility, you will definitely take it, which made Deng An feel much calmer.

"I think it's not advisable to act too hastily on this matter... You can find out the whole story first and make a decision before taking action!"

Appearing outside Nuange, Baochai saw that Zhu Jinghong didn't answer and asked again: "Why?"

Just because Zhu Jinghong wanted to know the whole story doesn't mean he was afraid of the stakes behind it.

Now that he is the general manager of the palace, he has reached the ceiling of his position in the palace. Zhang Ping'an naturally takes safety as his first goal.

Although this is outrageous, it is not so outrageous when it comes to the father and son... Baochai thought this way.

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Deng An felt mixed emotions. Even if he didn't check it out, he knew that there was a lot involved behind this matter.

In fact, Zhang Ping'an also thought of these, so he took the initiative and easily avoided the storm.

In fact, what he wanted to ask was whether it was worth doing this for a woman, but considering that he also relied on this situation to achieve his position, he could only speak in a more subtle way.

"If you don't let me know, are you going to be stupid again, afraid that I will stop you?"

Zhang Ping'an, that bitch, is plotting against me...

If you dare, beat me to death...

Although Deng An was complaining in his heart, he responded without hesitation: "I accept my order!"

Zhu Jinghong was thinking when he heard news from outside that the princess was coming to pay her respects.

"Yes!"

But arguing with the emperor is a crime of disrespect after all, and Zhu Jinghong will suffer even if he is favored.

Zhu Jinghong replied: "I do not have military power now, and I am not a threat to the old man. He may punish me severely, but he will not hurt my roots!"

Sitting next to Baochai, Zhu Jinghong said slowly: "Now the world is peaceful on the surface, but there are injustices both inside and outside. I'm afraid the old man is very anxious thinking about these things!"

Compared to Zhu Jinghong's optimism, Baochai then said: "Even if the prince is unreliable, your majesty still has Prince Rui!"

Zhu Jinghong smiled and replied: "Then I will make it impossible for Lao Liu!"

"Why do you?"

"By the prince, Zheng Xianlin, He Gujin, and that Jia Yucun!"

Hearing Zhu Jinghong mention the last three people, Baochai suddenly realized that she had forgotten these three.

These three people would give gifts to Prince Xiang's Mansion and the Xue family of Jinling during every year and festival. Although they were not very valuable things, they also showed that they did not forget their roots.

Of course, this person was trying to curry favor with Prince Xiang's Mansion, but he actually wanted to take a shortcut and come to burn Zhu Jinghong's cold stove.

Nowadays, Zheng Xianlin is the governor and chief envoy of Jinling, He Gujin is appointed as the inspector general, and Jia Yucun is the deputy envoy of the inspector general.

Thinking of this, Baochai suddenly realized that his own man was so powerful in Jinling.

Even the people from Jinling Dusi, many of whom had fought with him... Baochai secretly smacked his tongue.

"If you use them to obstruct it, I'm afraid Lao Liu won't sit still and wait for death. By then, you and he will both lose in the fight. Wouldn't it allow the prince to take advantage?"

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong laughed again, and then he said: "I just have to say hello to them secretly and let them listen to the prince's orders... Isn't that enough?"

At this moment, Baochai also smiled, obviously thinking that this move was wonderful.

"How long did you start planning this? I remember you said... that you wanted to find a way to go to Liaodong?"

Picking up the cup on the coffee table, Zhu Jinghong stared at the exquisite paintings on it and said slowly: "I went to Liaodong to get rid of this matter!"

Thinking that Zhu Jinghong had already planned everything, Baochai stopped asking any more questions.

But she was only silent for a few seconds before she couldn't help but speak: "If you have a quarrel with His Majesty because of this, you should be cautious!"

Seeing Baochai's face looking worried, Zhu Jinghong stood up and came to him, bent down and held her shoulders, saying: "I will know how to use it...Besides, it may not be the old man's intention!" The atmosphere was a bit heavy, and Zhu Jinghong also Not wanting to talk any more, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, is it time to eat?"

The couple had a meal together here, and in the Kunning Palace within the palace, Zhu Xianming also came to have a meal with the queen.

He has been here for the past two days, and every time the words came to his lips, he would hold them back again.

But today, he had made up his mind to discuss the overall situation with the Queen.

"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Xianming has been coming here for the past two days, and today he is so worried. Yang Qingyin, who has been married to him for decades, can easily tell that he has something to say.

"Now that the Jia family is getting married to the Lin family, since Old Thirteen is thinking about the daughter of the Lin family, why not take this opportunity to make the marriage between the Jia and Lin families happen, so that Old Thirteen can give up!"

In front of the queen, Zhu Xianming didn't talk too much. He spoke about the matter very calmly at this time, which was no different from the chat between the couple in the past.

"Marriage between the Jia and Lin families? Who is from the Jia family?" Yang Qingyin was very surprised.

"Jia Zheng's son!"

"Who is Jia Zheng's son?" Yang Qingyin became more and more curious.

Because of Jia Baoyu's incident, she knew that Jia Zheng had no son.

"Jia Zheng's bastard!"

"Jia Zheng's concubine? Marrying Lin Ruhai's daughter?" At this time, the queen became more and more surprised.

One was a scholar, the other a martial artist, an only daughter and a little-known concubine. Even though the two families were originally related by marriage, such a combination would be too unreasonable.

After thinking for a while, the queen said: "Why do they suddenly want to get married? There may be something fishy in this!"

"It's the prince's intention. I think he wants to win over Lin Ruhai. I don't know what method the sixth envoy used to make Lin Ruhai alienate the prince!"

In the end, these things couldn't be kept secret, so the emperor simply told them so as not to affect the relationship between the couple.

When he mentioned Lao Liu, Zhu Xianming looked somewhat appreciative, which made Yang Qingyin somewhat dissatisfied.

"The prince doesn't know what Old Thirteen is thinking?" Yang Qingyin asked the key question.

Zhu Xianming replied: "He has always been a hindsight. I think it was the idea of ​​the people in the East Palace. They were worried that their bad things would be exposed by Liu Liu when he went to Jinling!"

Yang Qingyin said: "I'm afraid Lin Ruhai won't agree to this marriage between the Jia family. He loves his daughter very much, and it's hard for ordinary people to like him!"

"So the people in the East Palace want to invite you to come and issue a decree to marry me!"

"Using the royal family to pressure the Lin family?"

"That's it!"

"The prince is too unwise. He will not be able to win over Lin Ruhai, but he will also offend Lao Shisan!"

Hearing the Queen's words, Zhu Xianming said coldly: "It's just that they are so stupid and so anxious that they are full of loopholes!"

"Are you just going to watch his prince act recklessly?"

Zhu Xianming said calmly: "He caused trouble by himself. As long as he can sort it out... I will consider him a pass!"

"Even if their brothers turned against each other, you would still watch?" Yang Qingyin was already suppressing her anger.

After a few breaths of silence, Zhu Xianming replied: "The prince doesn't know what Old Thirteen is thinking. It's an unintentional mistake. If you try to persuade him afterwards, the two brothers will eventually reconcile!"

"So...you know that I won't agree to this, so you came to persuade me to issue this edict?"

"I'm doing this for Lao Shisan's own good, so that's okay..."

Before the emperor could finish speaking, Yang Qingyin angrily shouted: "I think you are an old fool!"

Zhu Xianming no longer knew how long it had been since he had been scolded by the queen, so he was stunned at this time.

Seeing that the emperor and empress were about to quarrel, the female officers on duty were extremely frightened, but they wisely withdrew.

"Zhu Laosi, you are really good... What do you think of your sons? Are they your playthings?"

"Just ten years ago, the three of them were such good brothers. Look at what they have become now... what you have forced them to do?"

"You think you have no plan left, you think everyone is at your mercy, you think you are an omnipotent emperor..."

"In fact, you think you are the one who is the one who is mean and unkind, and you are the one who is willful and self-willed!"

After hearing these words, Zhu Xianming's face became extremely ugly. If the person in front of him was not his wife who shared the same hardships, he would have killed someone himself.

"You said that the fourth child is ineffective. Have you taught him well? You guard against him just like you guard against thieves. I don't know what you are thinking?"

"I can bear to help the sixth man up to check and balance the prince. Why did you drag the thirteenth son into this?"

Did the emperor feel that the prince was unreliable, or did he support Lao Liu because he was wary of his eldest son... Even he himself couldn't tell.

"Okay...you are the emperor, so I can tolerate this!"

"But listen to what I just said, you are indifferent even if the thirteenth and the fourth turn against each other? Are you still worthy of being a father? Are you still a human being?"

The severity of these words, not to mention the emperor, even the most ordinary husband would not be able to bear such disrespect from his wife.

It can also be seen here that Zhu Xianming was an unusual emperor, so although he was furious at this time, he still suppressed his temper as much as possible.

"The queen still remembers Tsuna?"

"Your Majesty, do you still care about human relations?"

The couple refused to give in to each other, and the atmosphere at the scene was solemn and heavy.

"If it weren't for our friendship back then, I wouldn't have tolerated your disrespect!"

Faced with the emperor's words, Yang Qingyin suddenly laughed and said, "If it weren't for our friendship back then, do you think I would be willing to stay in this deep palace?"

"Your Majesty, you should destroy me. Then the three of them are no longer legitimate sons, and there will be no need for brothers to kill each other!"

"Your Majesty will re-elect someone with a weak foundation to be the crown prince. Wouldn't the throne be more secure? This would kill two birds with one stone!"

Standing up, Zhu Xianming said with a dark face: "You are crazy!"

Still sitting in her original position, Yang Qingyin said slowly: "Yes, I am crazy. How can a mad queen be the mother of the world? In this way, you have the title of deposed queen!"

"You...you...you bastard bitch...I..."

Pointing at the queen, although Zhu Xianming was extremely angry, thinking of the friendship between life and death, he did not say a single harsh word in the end.

As the emperor, how can I argue with a woman... Zhu Xianming comforted himself in this way.

But he was the emperor after all, so he couldn't control his anger in the end, and overturned the table in front of him in anger, causing the scene to become a mess.

After doing this, Zhu Xianming seemed to have regained some face, then flicked his sleeves and left.

Yang Qingyin, who was sitting in her original position, remained unmoved by everything in front of her.

At this time, she just felt comfortable. Those rebellious words just now vented her resentment for nearly ten years.

"Somebody come!"

A few breaths later, several female officers came in tremblingly, their expressions frightened and their bodies trembling.

"Clean up this place!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)